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Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 397 · 40 questions
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Tip (True, checked, consistent): Spelling mistakes: Experiance → Experience, Skils → Skills, Acheivements → Achievements, Responsable → Responsible. Too casual: a nickname email ID, slang hobbies, “lol”. Too vague: “Did many activities”, “Good at many things”. Never write a false claim. Good habits: proofread, a teacher’s check, one font, the same date format, PDF with a sensible file name (Name_Resume.pdf).

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  1. 1.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
  2. 2.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny 8-point text (b) five font styles (c) a file named final2 (d) saving as PDF
  4. 4.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
  6. 6.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) myfile(3).pdf (b) final_final2.pdf (c) asdfgh.pdf (d) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf
  7. 7.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) tiny 8-point text (c) never proofreading (d) reading it aloud once
  8. 8.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) mixed date formats (c) same date format (d) a teacher’s check
  10. 10.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a sensible file name (b) five font styles (c) a file named final2 (d) adding fake prizes
  11. 11.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) trust the first draft (b) never re-read (c) add more words (d) proofread, ask someone
  12. 12.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible file name (b) saving as PDF (c) a teacher’s check (d) a file named final2
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never proofreading (b) a sensible file name (c) five font styles (d) a file named final2
  16. 16.True or false: “Skills: super good at stuff” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) adding fake prizes (c) reading it aloud once (d) one font throughout
  18. 18.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) five font styles (b) one font throughout (c) reading it aloud once (d) a teacher’s check
  20. 20.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a good idea (b) a small style choice (c) a typing error (d) a false claim
  21. 21.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
  22. 22.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: never proofreading? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  23. 23.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) saving as PDF (c) same date format (d) tiny 8-point text
  24. 24.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a file named final2 (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) mixed date formats (d) same date format
  25. 25.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: saving as PDF? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  26. 26.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a sensible file name? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
  27. 27.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) a teacher’s check (c) saving as PDF (d) reading it aloud once
  29. 29.True or false: “Did many activities” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) never proofreading (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a teacher’s check
  31. 31.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  32. 32.True or false: “Helped in some events” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never proofreading (b) mixed date formats (c) a file named final2 (d) reading it aloud once
  35. 35.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: mixed date formats? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  37. 37.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: one font throughout? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
  39. 39.True or false: “Worked on a project” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit

Answer key

  1. too casual
  2. a good résumé habit
  3. saving as PDF
  4. False
  5. a spelling mistake
  6. Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf
  7. reading it aloud once
  8. False
  9. mixed date formats
  10. a sensible file name
  11. proofread, ask someone
  12. False
  13. too casual
  14. a file named final2
  15. a sensible file name
  16. True
  17. adding fake prizes
  18. False
  19. five font styles
  20. a false claim
  21. too vague
  22. a poor résumé habit
  23. tiny 8-point text
  24. same date format
  25. a good résumé habit
  26. a good résumé habit
  27. a poor résumé habit
  28. adding fake prizes
  29. True
  30. a teacher’s check
  31. a poor résumé habit
  32. True
  33. a good résumé habit
  34. reading it aloud once
  35. False
  36. a poor résumé habit
  37. False
  38. a good résumé habit
  39. False
  40. a poor résumé habit

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